62 nd Annual Meeting: The POWER of Economic Development - 2015 in Review - Mike Kirchhoff

1. 62nd Annual Meeting: The POWER of Economic Development - 2015 in Review - Mike Kirchhoff President & CEO

2. CRDC Mission The Clinton Regional Development Corporation unites and leads the region’s business and civic leadership to dynamically enhance the business climate and support primary employment decisions that improve the region’s economic health, prosperity, and quality of life.

3. Vision 2020 Strategies • Expand and Retain Existing Industries • Business Recruitment • Resolve Issues That Impede Growth • Communicate with All Stakeholders • Enhance Organizational Readiness

4. Expand and Retain Existing Industries • 2 Corporate HQ visits • 3 Technical Assistance Projects - Rail.One, Data Dimensions, & Nevada Rail Materials (NRM) • Chamber Golf Outing/Corporate Cup - New industry networking event won by WestRock. • Wage Survey - Saved local companies $11,000 by conducting a survey of hourly manufacturing wage rates. • New Existing Industry Manager - Hired in December; starts work on January 4

5. Business Recruitment Project Activity 38 Total Projects Worked during 2015

6. Business Recruitment • Project Announcement (Envirovision) -On October 7, Project Tornado announced it had selected Clinton over Muscatine and Des Moines for its new post-industrial plastics recycling facility. Competitive wage rates was a key factor in selecting Clinton. • European Business Networking Events - Participated in two Chicago events attended by foreign firms and consular officials from six countries in Chicago • GACC Economic Outlook - Represented the Clinton Region at this event with German Ambassador Wittig in January • Site Selectors Guild Annual Meeting - Marketed the Clinton Region at this event, attended by 35 of the world’s leading site selectors in February • Chicago Site Selector Meetings- Joined Governor Branstad for meetings with Chicago-based site selectors in May

7. Business Recruitment • German American Business Forum - Represented the Clinton Region at the German-American Business Forum at the Munich IHK on June 24 • Chicago International Trade Commissioners - Partnered with Quad Cities First to host a group of Chicago-based trade commissioners on July 9 • Agritechnica Trade Show - Partnered with IEDA to Market the Clinton Region at this event in Hannover, Germany, November 5-12, including 14 meetings with companies from five countries • Target Industry/Competitive Base Analysis (Prager Company) - Thanks to the CCDA for their grant support of this project!

8. Resolve Issues That Impede Growth • Railpark Broker Selected - Following an extensive RFP and interview process, NAI Ruhl selected to market the railpark • Railpark Site Certification - Lincolnway Rail & Air Park advanced to Step 3 • Railpark Engineering Studies - Olsson Associates selected to complete five required engineering studies for site certification • Iowa Transportation Day - CRDC representatives advocated for expansion of Highway 30 on January 28 in Des Moines • IDOT Highway 30 Public Input Meeting - Advocated for environmental impact study funding on April 14 in Davenport

9. Communicate with All Stakeholders • New CRDC Website - Launched for public access on January 5. • Speaking Engagements - 14 Presentations to community groups about the CRDC and economic development • Quarterly Investor Update - Regular Investor Update event began with the third quarter • Monthly Article - Began distributing a monthly article about economic development to all CRDC contacts; the article is also published in the Clinton Herald • Monthly Projects Update - Began producing a monthly project update email, which is distributed to all investors and stakeholders

10. Enhance Organizational Readiness • New Logo/Tagline for the CRDC • New CRDC Bylaws/Board Structure • New CRDC Employee Handbook • Vision 2020 Funding Campaign – From the public launch to the Celebration, the program exceeded goal by 6% • New Business Development Manager - Kreiling graduated from EDI and promoted into this new position, effective January 4 • Renegotiated Lease on the Armstrong Building - Updated terms and rates for space we share with the Chamber of Commerce

11. Major 2016 Initiatives • Launch of New Existing Industry Program • CRDC Accreditation from the International Economic Development Council • Railpark Site Certification Complete • Competitive Base Analysis/Target Industry Report Complete • Target Industry Business Case Studies • Site Selectors Guild Marketing with the IEDA • German American Business Forum-Frankfurt with the IEDA

13. 62nd Annual Meeting: The POWER of Economic Development - Reflecting on 2015 - Rich Phelan Board Chair

15. 62nd Annual Meeting: The POWER of Economic Development - Vision 2020 Funding Initiative - Bruce Christensen Co- Chair, Vision 2020

16. Investor Statistics Pre-Vision 2020Today Investors 75 152 Annual Investment $325,715 $584,475 5-Year Total $1,628,575 $2,922,375

18. 62nd Annual Meeting: The POWER of Economic Development - Preview of 2016 - Ron Gutierrez Chair-Elect

19. 2016 Board of Directors

20. Retiring Board Members Jeff Beckwith Tom Mosher John Eisenman Steve Thacker Charles Minnick Jon Thoms Casey Moore Ryan Veenstra